Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 2, 2016, pp. 33-51
Description
Analysis of faunal remains provides information about the ethnic identity of northern fur seal harvesters and shows the importance of pups as a subsistence resource.
Current Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 6, December 2014, p. 813
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Response to an article that suggested drive lanes to bluff chutes (used for funneling bison into corrals) should be thought of as monumental construction.
American Antiquity, vol. 72, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 5-33
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Suggests that involvement in the deerskin trade suppressed the adoption of animal husbandry and only after this market collapsed did domestic animals become the main source of meat in the diet of the Creek Indians.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 44-65
Description
Study presents traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) gathered from 40 subsistence hunters and fishers in an Inupiat village on the Alaska North Slope; includes observations of the physical environment and the condition/wellbeing of the animals harvested.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 125-145
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Calculated increased cost per trip using skiff outboard fuel efficiencies/costs for all likely hunters in the village of Kivalina, Alaska. Found a mean of approximately $189,000 US/year.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 56, no. 1, 2019, pp. 39-51
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Authors examine zooarchaeological, taphonomic, and stable isotope analyses data in order to describe the relationship between humans and red foxes on Kodiak Island during the late Holocene era.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 1, January 2016, pp. 37-57
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Looks at the contradictory accounts regarding the importance of halibut as a subsistence resource to the Haida of Haida Gwaii and the Makah of Washington State.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 2, 2016, pp. 11-32
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Examines how intensified hunting of seals for their skins and oil in order to trade with the Alaska Commercial Company altered northern societies' relationship with their natural environment.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, 2002, pp. 479-490
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Article examines the phenomenon in which toxins are concentrated in the fat of mammals and how this especially affects Inuit people because marine mammals make up such a large percentage of their diet.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
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Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
Journal of Ethnic Foods, vol. 3, no. 3, 2016, pp. 171-177
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Discusses common foods that originated in the Americas and have been incorporated into cuisine around the world. Includes chart showing: name of food, region of origin, preparation method, and major nutrients provided.
Provides an exposure scenario that may help improve the risk assessment of tribal communities whom practice a traditional subsistence lifestyle and diet.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2001, pp. 378-392
Description
Explores sites of conflict between environmentalists and Indigenous peoples that are created by the United States government’s designation of wilderness protection areas in areas that interfere with the treaty-protected harvesting rights of Indigenous peoples.